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title: SvcCatalogCategory
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description: Represents the grouping of individual catalog items in Service Catalog. This object is available in API version 53.0 and later.
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# SvcCatalogCategory

Represents the grouping of individual catalog items in Service Catalog. This object is available in API version 53.0 and later.

## Supported SOAP API Calls

create(), delete(), describeSObjects(), query(), retrieve(), update(), upsert()

## Supported REST API Methods

DELETE, GET, HEAD, PATCH, POST, Query

## Special Access Rules

Available to customers with Employee Productivity Plus or IT Service Center add-ons.

## Fields

| Field | Details |
| --- | --- |
| DeveloperName | 
Type

string

Properties

Filter, Group, Sort

Description

Developer name for this category.



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| FullName | 

Type

string

Properties

Create, Group, Nillable

Description

The full name of the category. This name has the following requirements:

- It must be unique across the org.
- It must contain only alphanumeric characters and underscores.
- It must begin with a letter.
- It must not include spaces.
- It must not end with an underscore.
- It must not contain two consecutive underscores.

Query this field only if the query result contains up to one record. Otherwise, an error is returned. If more than one record exists, use multiple queries to retrieve the records. This limit protects performance.



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| IsActive | 

Type

boolean

Properties

Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort

Description

Indicates if a catalog category is active.

The default value is 'false'.



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| ManageableState | 

Type

picklist

Properties

Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort

Description

Describes the manageable state of a category that is contained in a package.

Possible values are:

- beta—Managed-Beta
- deleted—Managed-Proposed-Deleted
- deprecated—Managed-Proposed-Deprecated
- deprecatedEditable—SecondGen-Installed-Deprecated
- installed—Managed-Installed
- installedEditable—SecondGen-Installed-Editable
- released—Managed-Released
- unmanaged—Unmanaged





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| MasterLabel | 

Type

string

Properties

Filter, Group, Sort

Description

The primary label for the catalog category record.



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| Metadata | 

Type

complexvalue

Properties

Create, Nillable, Update

Description

The category’s metadata. Query this field only if the query result contains up to one record. Otherwise, an error is returned. If more than one record exists, use multiple queries to retrieve the records. This limit protects performance.





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| NamespacePrefix | 

Type

string

Properties

Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort

Description

The namespace associated with this category.



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| ParentCategoryId | 

Type

reference

Properties

Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort

Description

If provided, the name of another SvcCatalogCategory that this category appears under. The parent category in this field can’t have its own parent category. Categories can’t have more than one level of nesting.

This is a relationship field.

Relationship Name

ParentCategory

Relationship Type

Lookup

Refers To

SvcCatalogCategory



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| SortOrder | 

Type

int

Properties

Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort

Description

Displays a set order for catalog category entities.



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